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Chapter 9 Lesson 1 In search of the First Americans

Chapter 9 Lesson 1 In search of the First Americans

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Chapter 9 Lesson 1 In search of the First Americans

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How did the First Americans Come to the Americas?

  • First Americans came to the Americas during the last Ice Age

  • Glaciers covered upper part of North America

  • Life during ice age was hard, cold and dangerous

  • People were nomads (people who move from place to place)

  • They walked over the Bering straight looking for food

  • When Ice Age ended, land warmed. People became known as American Indians

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How long have Indians lived in North America?

  • Buffalo bones were found with a human made spear point in it

  • The bones were dated to 9000 years ago

  • American Indians had been living in the New Mexico area for at least 9000 years

  • The spear point was named Folsom Point

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How do we know Indians lived over 9000 years ago?

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Their bones were found

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They found a buffalo with a spear tip in it

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Because scientists just know

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Clovis people

  • In Clovis New Mexico, spear point was found in 1930's

  • Clovis point was more than 4000 years older than the Folsom point

  • Evidence shows that other groups entered the Americas around the same time as the Clovis people

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